Gold price in July 2015: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2015 at $1,094.90 an ounce, down 6.54% on the month. The highest close was $1,172.90 on 6 Jul and the lowest $1,085.60 on 24 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2015 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2015 close ($1,171.50).
Daily gold prices in July 2015 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Jul | $1,173.10 | $1,173.10 | $1,166.60 | $1,169.00 | −$2.50 | −0.21% |
| Thu 2 Jul | $1,166.40 | $1,168.10 | $1,155.50 | $1,163.00 | −$6.00 | −0.51% |
| Mon 6 Jul | $1,171.10 | $1,173.00 | $1,162.20 | $1,172.90 | +$9.90 | +0.85% |
| Tue 7 Jul | $1,166.80 | $1,166.80 | $1,149.50 | $1,152.40 | −$20.50 | −1.75% |
| Wed 8 Jul | $1,152.60 | $1,163.30 | $1,146.40 | $1,163.30 | +$10.90 | +0.95% |
| Thu 9 Jul | $1,154.80 | $1,163.60 | $1,154.80 | $1,159.00 | −$4.30 | −0.37% |
| Fri 10 Jul | $1,160.10 | $1,161.40 | $1,157.50 | $1,157.70 | −$1.30 | −0.11% |
| Mon 13 Jul | $1,159.00 | $1,159.00 | $1,151.20 | $1,155.20 | −$2.50 | −0.22% |
| Tue 14 Jul | $1,157.20 | $1,157.20 | $1,153.00 | $1,153.30 | −$1.90 | −0.16% |
| Wed 15 Jul | $1,154.00 | $1,154.00 | $1,144.80 | $1,147.20 | −$6.10 | −0.53% |
| Thu 16 Jul | $1,146.20 | $1,146.20 | $1,142.90 | $1,143.80 | −$3.40 | −0.30% |
| Fri 17 Jul | $1,144.00 | $1,144.00 | $1,130.20 | $1,131.80 | −$12.00 | −1.05% |
| Mon 20 Jul worst day | $1,130.40 | $1,130.70 | $1,095.10 | $1,106.70 | −$25.10 | −2.22% |
| Tue 21 Jul | $1,097.10 | $1,106.40 | $1,097.10 | $1,103.40 | −$3.30 | −0.30% |
| Wed 22 Jul | $1,093.00 | $1,095.00 | $1,086.00 | $1,091.40 | −$12.00 | −1.09% |
| Thu 23 Jul | $1,097.40 | $1,097.60 | $1,087.80 | $1,094.00 | +$2.60 | +0.24% |
| Fri 24 Jul | $1,078.60 | $1,100.70 | $1,078.60 | $1,085.60 | −$8.40 | −0.77% |
| Mon 27 Jul best day | $1,100.00 | $1,102.50 | $1,093.90 | $1,096.50 | +$10.90 | +1.00% |
| Tue 28 Jul | $1,097.20 | $1,097.70 | $1,096.30 | $1,096.30 | −$0.20 | −0.02% |
| Wed 29 Jul | $1,096.40 | $1,096.90 | $1,092.70 | $1,092.70 | −$3.60 | −0.33% |
| Thu 30 Jul | $1,096.10 | $1,097.50 | $1,081.00 | $1,088.40 | −$4.30 | −0.39% |
| Fri 31 Jul | $1,087.70 | $1,102.80 | $1,079.10 | $1,094.90 | +$6.50 | +0.60% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| July 2015 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,169.00 | $1,172.90 | $1,085.60 | $1,094.90 | −6.54% |
| Intraday | $1,173.10 | $1,173.10 1 Jul | $1,078.60 24 Jul | $1,094.90 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2015 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in July 2015: summary
Gold plunged 6.54% in July 2015, from $1,171.50 at the end of June 2015 to $1,094.90 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 5 of 22 trading days and lower on 17; the strongest session was 27 July 2015 (+1.00%) and the weakest 20 July 2015 (−2.22%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,085.60 on 24 July 2015 to $1,172.90 on 6 July 2015, a spread of $87.30 (7.5%), wider than the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months.
The $1,085.60 close on 24 July 2015 was the lowest since 10 February 2010. That was the biggest monthly fall since June 2013.
How July 2015 compares
- Against other Julys: at −6.54%, July 2015 ranks 26th of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first), the worst since 2001.
- Against every month: it ranks 299th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 4% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $87.30, or 7.5% of the opening level, 1.5× the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.63% (up or down), against 0.69% over the previous 12 months, so July 2015 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 1 day and the longest run of lower closes 10 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −7.52% for 2015 to the end of July and −14.55% over 12 months (against the July 2014 close of $1,281.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,128.11; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,128.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +1.23% and rose in 15 of them (60%). July 2015 lagged that average by 7.8 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Julys side by side.
July 2015 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,094.90 closing price equals about $1,547 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 238.0 in July 2015 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 41% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2015
The gold price in 2015 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in July 2015?
Gold closed July 2015 at $1,094.90 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,169.00 and averaged $1,128.11 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,128.00.
Did gold go up in July 2015?
No. Gold was down 6.54% in July 2015, from $1,171.50 at the end of June 2015 to $1,094.90. It closed higher on 5 of 22 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 26th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2015?
The highest close was $1,172.90 on 6 July 2015. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,173.10 on 1 July 2015.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2015?
The lowest close was $1,085.60 on 24 July 2015, $87.30 (7.5%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,078.60 on 24 July 2015.
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